Brookmans Park railway station
Brookmans Park  | |
|---|---|
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The station's 4 platforms | |
| Location | |
| Place | Brookmans Park |
| Local authority | Borough of Welwyn Hatfield |
| Grid reference | TL241040 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BPK |
| Managed by | Great Northern |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | E |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 0.204 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.209 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.221 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.227 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.230 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 19 July 1926 |
| Original company | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 19 July 1926 | Station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Brookmans Park from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
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Brookmans Park railway station serves the village of Brookmans Park in Hertfordshire, England. The station is located 14 miles 37 chains (23.3 km) north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line, on the stretch between Finsbury Park and Hatfield.[1][2]
History
The station was opened by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) on 19 July 1926.[3]
Facilities
In Autumn 2008, a Shere self-service ticket machine was installed opposite the booking office window, replacing an earlier Avantix self-service machine.
Station layout
The station has four platforms in total, two island platforms on both sides, but only platforms 1 & 4 are used regularly, platforms 2 & 3 are only used during line disruption or engineering work. The west side serves northbound services and another island platform serving southbound services which lies to the east. The station car park parallels the island platforms to the east.
The platforms are reached by a steep footbridge, the station building (an LNER survivor) being a part-time booking office at the NW extremity of the station. [4]
Ticket Office Opening Times & Station Staffing Hours
Below are the current opening and staffing times for Brookmans Park, as of 2010.[5]
| Ticket Office Hours | ||
|---|---|---|
| Day | Opens | Closes |
| Monday to Friday | 06:50 | 10:00 |
| Saturday | - | - |
| Sunday | - | - |
| Station Staffing Hours | ||
|---|---|---|
| Day | From | Until |
| Monday to Friday | 06:35 | 10:15 |
| Saturday | - | - |
| Sunday | - | - |
Route
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Northern Great Northern stopping | ||||
Services
There is a basic weekday off-peak service of 3tph in both directions, southbound to Moorgate and northbound to Welwyn Garden City. This drops to every half-hour at weekends. Late evening & weekend services used to run to and from Kings Cross rather than using the Northern City Line, but from 13 December 2015 Great Northern introduced a weekend service on the line and extended evening hours until the end of service.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Yonge, John (September 2006) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald, ed. 2: Eastern. Railway Track Diagrams (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 15A. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.
- ↑ Baker, S.K. (April 2007) [1977]. Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland (11th ed.). Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. p. 24, section A2. ISBN 978-0-86093-602-2. 0704/K.
- ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 46. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ↑ "Brookmans Park Station Plan". National Rail. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29.
- ↑ "Brookmans Park". First Capital Connect. Archived from the original on 2008-12-31.
- ↑ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 24
- ↑ "Seven-day-a-week service to the City better for late-returning commuters and weekend shoppers" Great Northern website article 5 November 2015; Retrieved 2 February 2016
External links
- Train times and station information for Brookmans Park railway station from National Rail
Coordinates: 51°43′16″N 0°12′18″W / 51.721°N 0.205°W